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Meta-analysis: new tests for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: areas of uncertainty and recommendations for research.

Menzies D, Pai M, Comstock G.

Ann Intern Med. 2007 Mar 6;146(5):340-54. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med. 2007 May 1;146(9):688. PMID: 17339619 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Systematic review: T-cell-based assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: an update.

Pai M, Zwerling A, Menzies D.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Aug 5;149(3):177-84. Epub 2008 Jun 30. Review.PMID: 18593687 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Evolution of IGRA researches]

Ariga H, Harada N.

Kekkaku. 2008 Sep;83(9):641-52. Review. Japanese. PMID: 18979999 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of two interferon gamma release assays in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in The Gambia.

Adetifa IM, Lugos MD, Hammond A, Jeffries D, Donkor S, Adegbola RA, Hill PC.

BMC Infect Dis. 2007 Oct 25;7:122.PMID: 17961228 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Discrepancy between Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific gamma interferon release assays using short and prolonged in vitro incubation.

Leyten EM, Arend SM, Prins C, Cobelens FG, Ottenhoff TH, van Dissel JT.

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 Jul;14(7):880-5. Epub 2007 May 16.PMID: 17507543 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prospective comparison of the tuberculin skin test and 2 whole-blood interferon-gamma release assays in persons with suspected tuberculosis.

Mazurek GH, Weis SE, Moonan PK, Daley CL, Bernardo J, Lardizabal AA, Reves RR, Toney SR, Daniels LJ, LoBue PA.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Oct 1;45(7):837-45. Epub 2007 Aug 24.PMID: 17806047 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A three-way comparison of tuberculin skin testing, QuantiFERON-TB gold and T-SPOT.TB in children.

Connell TG, Ritz N, Paxton GA, Buttery JP, Curtis N, Ranganathan SC.

PLoS One. 2008 Jul 9;3(7):e2624.PMID: 18612425 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in United States Navy recruits using the tuberculin skin test or whole-blood interferon-gamma release assays.

Mazurek GH, Zajdowicz MJ, Hankinson AL, Costigan DJ, Toney SR, Rothel JS, Daniels LJ, Pascual FB, Shang N, Keep LW, LoBue PA.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Oct 1;45(7):826-36. Epub 2007 Aug 24.PMID: 17806046 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Interferon-gamma release assays improve the diagnosis of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in children in a country with a low incidence of tuberculosis.

Detjen AK, Keil T, Roll S, Hauer B, Mauch H, Wahn U, Magdorf K.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Aug 1;45(3):322-8. Epub 2007 Jun 15.PMID: 17599309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A systematic review of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of tuberculosis infection.

Dinnes J, Deeks J, Kunst H, Gibson A, Cummins E, Waugh N, Drobniewski F, Lalvani A.

Health Technol Assess. 2007 Jan;11(3):1-196. Review.PMID: 17266837 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

New tools and emerging technologies for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: part I. Latent tuberculosis.

Pai M, Kalantri S, Dheda K.

Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2006 May;6(3):413-22. Review.PMID: 16706743 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

High prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in patients in end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis: Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB GOLD, ELISPOT, and tuberculin skin test.

Lee SS, Chou KJ, Su IJ, Chen YS, Fang HC, Huang TS, Tsai HC, Wann SR, Lin HH, Liu YC.

Infection. 2009 Apr;37(2):96-102. Epub 2008 Dec 10.PMID: 19139810 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparative performance of tuberculin skin test, QuantiFERON-TB-Gold In Tube assay, and T-Spot.TB test in contact investigations for tuberculosis.

Diel R, Loddenkemper R, Meywald-Walter K, Gottschalk R, Nienhaus A.

Chest. 2009 Apr;135(4):1010-8. Epub 2008 Nov 18.PMID: 19017873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An update on the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection.

Richeldi L.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Oct 1;174(7):736-42. Epub 2006 Jun 23. Review.PMID: 16799073 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Accuracy of immunodiagnostic tests for active tuberculosis using single and combined results: a multicenter TBNET-Study.

Goletti D, Carrara S, Butera O, Amicosante M, Ernst M, Sauzullo I, Vullo V, Cirillo D, Borroni E, Markova R, Drenska R, Dominguez J, Latorre I, Angeletti C, Navarra A, Petrosillo N, Lauria FN, Ippolito G, Migliori GB, Lange C, Girardi E.

PLoS One. 2008;3(10):e3417. Epub 2008 Oct 15. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2009;4(6). doi: 10.1371/annotation/9c073390-ed15-44c9-bb85-b64e094e351a. Stefania, Carrara [corrected to Carrara, Stefania]. PMID: 18923709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Latent tuberculosis diagnosis in children by using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test.

Lighter J, Rigaud M, Eduardo R, Peng CH, Pollack H.

Pediatrics. 2009 Jan;123(1):30-7.PMID: 19117857 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosing tuberculosis infection in the 21st century: new tools to tackle an old enemy.

Lalvani A.

Chest. 2007 Jun;131(6):1898-906. Review.PMID: 17565023 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Discordant QuantiFERON-TB Gold test results among US healthcare workers with increased risk of latent tuberculosis infection: a problem or solution?

Pollock NR, Campos-Neto A, Kashino S, Napolitano D, Behar SM, Shin D, Sloutsky A, Joshi S, Guillet J, Wong M, Nardell E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Sep;29(9):878-86.PMID: 18713053 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Poor concordance between interferon-gamma release assays and tuberculin skin tests in diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection among HIV-infected individuals.

Talati NJ, Seybold U, Humphrey B, Aina A, Tapia J, Weinfurter P, Albalak R, Blumberg HM.

BMC Infect Dis. 2009 Feb 10;9:15.PMID: 19208218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Characteristics of a diagnostic method for tuberculosis infection based on whole blood interferon-gamma assay]

Harada N.

Kekkaku. 2006 Nov;81(11):681-6. Review. Japanese. PMID: 17154047 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles